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Mahdi

In Islam, the title of a coming messiah who will establish a reign of justice on earth. The title has been assumed by many Muslim leaders, notably the Sudanese sheikh Muhammad Ahmed (1848-1885), who headed a revolt in 1881 against Egypt and in 1885 captured Khartoum.

His great-grandson Sadiq el Mahdi (1936- ), leader of the Umma party in Sudan, was prime minister 1966-67. He was imprisoned 1969-74 for attempting to overthrow the military regime.
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They were the divinities of Arabia and of the Mamelukes who wished their troopers to believe that the Mahdi had the power of preventing them from dying in battle.
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Haroun-al-Raschid, son of Mahdi, sends this letter to Mohammed Zinebi, his cousin.
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It was a year since he had seen the Emirs stretched close and still round the reddened sheepskin where lay El Mahdi, the Prophet of God.
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